United Nations official Tomoya Obokata stressed that providing Canadian workers with a pathway to permanent residence is necessary to end ongoing exploitation.
  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Holy shit.

    What a country we’ve become.

    Would it be right to say this started under Harper but continued under Trudeau?

      • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        I don’t know if the TFW program was used that way back in the 80’s. I was too young to remember.

        This abuse of the TFW program seems to have started with Harper. It’s the first time I heard about this problem, but I could be wrong.

        • psvrh@lemmy.ca
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          2 months ago

          It was abused by millionaire farm owners who didn’t want to pay Canadians high enough wages and cried to the goverment about how hard-done they were.

          It’s since moved on to multimillionaire Tim Horton franchisee owners who need the TFW program so they can afford payments on their second mistresses third Mercedes.,